How successful was Edmund in dealing with religious reforms
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- How successful was Edmund in dealing with religious reforms
- Edgar tackles the problem more than Edmund
- Members of the Church and the nobility who believed there been a drift from adherence to the Rule of St Benedict
- Members of the church had become less pious
- Rule of St Benedict: founder of a monastery at Monte Cassino. In 6th century
- His Rule,a code of conduct for monks, produced in Latin in about 540
- General demand: stricter code of practice for monks, nuns & those involved in preaching the word of God
- Near hunting accident - Edmund more serious interest in role of God & religious reform
- Appointing Dustan - post of abbot of Glastonbury
- Importance: Dustan went on to enact the forms - some members of church and nobility had demanded
- Placed the running of Bath Abbey hands of clerks not support reform
- Suggest his heart never fully behind the reform movement.
- Appointing Dustan - post of abbot of Glastonbury
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